Pontoon may refer to:
Buoyant devices
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Float (nautical), an air-filled structure providing buoyancy
* Any of various objects that float on pontoons, including:
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Pontoon (boat)
A pleasure boat with two lengthwise pontoons
A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on floats to remain buoyant. These pontoons (also called ''tubes'') contain much reserve buoyancy and allow designers to create large deck plans fitted wi ...
, a flat-bottomed boat supported by two or more pontoons
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Floatplane
A floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, ...
, also known as a pontoon plane
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Floating dock (jetty)
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A floating dock, floating pier or floating jetty is a platform or ramp supported by pontoons. It is usually joined to the shore with a gangway. The pier is usually held in place by vertical poles referred to as pi ...
, a platform supported by pontoons
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Pontoon bridge, a bridge supported by shallow draft open boats or encased floats
Entertainment and media
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Pontoon (card game)
Pontoon, formerly called Vingt-Un, is a card game of the banking family for three to ten players and the "British domestic version of Twenty-One," a game first recorded in 17th-century Spain, but which spread to France, Germany and Britain in the ...
, the Australian/Malaysian casino game
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"Pontoon" (song), a song by Little Big Town
* ''
Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon'', a 2007 book by Garrison Keillor
* Pontoon, a chiefly British version of the card game
blackjack
Blackjack (formerly Black Jack and Vingt-Un) is a casino banking game. The most widely played casino banking game in the world, it uses decks of 52 cards and descends from a global family of casino banking games known as Twenty-One. This fami ...
(also known as vingt-et-un or 21)
Other uses
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Ponton (automobile), or Pontoon style, the automobile fender style
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Pontoon, County Mayo, Ireland
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